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And this is #ESA's animated approach of #Deimos and #Hera from the post:
𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗮 𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗶𝗱 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘀’𝘀 𝗗𝗲𝗶𝗺𝗼𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝗼𝗻
https://www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Hera/Hera_asteroid_mission_spies_Mars_s_Deimos_moon
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#Hera's Hyperscout H hyperspectral imager took this image, shown here in raw form; the Sun's contribution makes Mars appear blue, but that will be later on removed to reveal Mars' spectral response.
The dark spot is Deimos (Δείμος, pronounced [deemos] in modern Greek)
#Hera's Mars flyby occurred yesterday and today #ESA's live stream revealed images from its closest approach, featuring the far side of the tidally-locked moon #Deimos, and a lot more.
Images and animation are from the live steam.
Recorded live stream (at start of live coverage):
https://www.youtube.com/embed/cHiASEowrio?t=539
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At the end of the #Hera webcast the AI site https://www.hera.space was presented in which 'the spacecraft' replies to questions - here's what it looks like.
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Ein paar Kostproben von #Deimos vor dem #Mars: https://www.dlr.de/de/aktuelles/nachrichten/2025/asteroidenmission-hera-naher-vorbeiflug-an-mars-und-marsmond-deimos und https://www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Hera/Hera_asteroid_mission_spies_Mars_s_Deimos_moon - beim gestrigen Vorbeiflug von #Hera entstanden über 1000 Aufnahmen mit verschiedenen Kameras, deren Verarbeitung erst begonnen hat.
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To be fair, there are higher resolution and more detailed images of Mars taken by various orbiters around it. However, Hera's mission is not to image Mars but to use its gravity to reach asteroid Didymos and its moonlet Dimorphos and to study the effects on them due to the spectacular impact by the NASA DART spacecraft in 2022.
https://www.nasa.gov/solar-system/darts-final-images-prior-to-impact/
#HERA #ESA
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A picture of #Deimos in front of #Mars taken by #Hera yesterday - more pictures in https://www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Hera/Hera_asteroid_mission_spies_Mars_s_Deimos_moon
Jetzt werden live auf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHiASEowrio Bilder vom #Mars und seinem Mond #Deimos 'enthüllt', die gestern die ESA-Asteroidensonde #Hera im Vorbeiflug aufgenommen hat.
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Official #ESA livestream with first images of #Hera’s #Mars flyby just started! 
https://www.youtube.com/live/cHiASEowrio
#space #spaceflight #Weltraum #Raumfahrt #PlanetaryDefense #Deimos
Next attraction at 10:50 UTC (in 9 hours): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHiASEowrio with images from #Hera’s Mars flyby yesterday getting revealed in "a star-studded event" ...
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Having completed its close flyby of Mars, the Hera spacecraft has turned its antenna towards Earth and has been downlinking telemetry, science data and images to ESA’s ESOC mission control centre in Darmstadt, Germany.
The science team is busy processing the images – including astrophysicist, stereoscopist and guitarist Dr. Brian May 
Images will be unveiled during tomorrow's webcast!
Want to know more about Hera's flyby?
Here is an entry-level animated explainer about its cosmic roadtrip.
From #ESA:
https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2025/03/The_Incredible_Adventures_of_the_Hera_mission_The_cosmic_roadtrip
www.esa.intThe Incredible Adventures of the Hera mission – The cosmic roadtrip
Hera’s Mars flyby is happening right now!
… but the images will be released tomorrow, after downloading them from the spacecraft, I presume.
For now, here is a x50 simulation of the flyby we can watch, as if it were the actual thing.
ESA's post with details:
https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2025/03/Sped-up_simulation_of_Hera_s_Mars_flyby
Video:
https://dlmultimedia.esa.int/download/public/videos/2025/03/007/2503_007_AR_EN.mp4
www.esa.intSped-up simulation of Hera’s Mars flyby
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But even more than just a Mars flyby, #Hera tomorrow will study the far side of Deimos, the second, smaller, and more distant moon of Mars. And, upon departure from Mars, it will also image Phobos, who happens to be around.
Observing Deimos' far side:
https://www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Hera/Watch_live_Images_from_Hera_s_Mars_flyby
Video:
https://dlmultimedia.esa.int/download/public/videos/2025/03/004/2503_004_AR_EN.mp4
Direct YouTube link of live coverage
(because ESA sends you to tracking sites):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHiASEowrio
The #Hera spacecraft's final destination is the binary asteroid system Didymos, where #NASA's #DART spacecraft had previously collided, giving scientists the opportunity to study the deflection of the asteroid's orbit.
Tomorrow, Mar 12, 2025, Hera will perform a flyby of #Mars, to shift the spacecraft’s trajectory, shortening its trip by months and saving substantial fuel.
There will be live coverage. More here:
https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2025/03/Hera_asteroid_mission_s_Mars_flyby
Video:
https://dlmultimedia.esa.int/download/public/videos/2025/03/004/2503_004_AR_EN.mp4
www.esa.intHera asteroid mission’s Mars flyby
Le 6 mars à 4,5 millions de km
Ce petit point sur l'image : #Mars.
La planète telle que vue par la sonde #Hera de l'ESA.
Le 12 mars, Hera utilisera la gravité de Mars pour rejoindre la bonne trajectoire vers le système d'astéroïdes binaires Didymos.
La mission : https://reves-d-espace.com/hera-la-premiere-mission-de-defense-planetaire-de-lesa-decolle-vers-un-asteroide-devie/
It's the Day of Zeus / Jupiter's Day / #Thursday! 
It was the #Theogamia on Monday, the anniversary of the marriage of Zeus Teleios and Hera Teleia.
"The Moirai (Fates) formerly united Olympian Hera to the King [Zeus] who governs the gods from the summit of his inaccessible throne. Oh! Hymen! oh! Hymenaios!"
Aristophanes, Birds 1720
Have a courageous Day of Ares aka Mars' Day aka Tuesday 
"Ixion brought upon himself the four-spoked fetter, his own ruin. He fell into inescapable bonds, and received the message that warns the whole world."
Pindar, Pythian Ode 2
#Ares presents #Ixion to his mother #Hera for punishment, ca 470-460 BCE
@antiquidons @mythology
#DayOfAres #GreekRomanArt #mythology